What have we been doing to improve Scotland's environmental laws and defend our right to a healthy environment? Our new advocacy officer reflects on four months in post ...
Exploring environmental rights with Roma youth activists
Our Rights Officer, Cornell, joined the Friends of Romano Lav youth activists in their local neighbourhood of Govanhill, Glasgow. Together, the group walked around Govanhill and took photos of what they liked, disliked, and wanted to change about their local environment ...
Environmental campaigners urge UN Body to recommend equal rights in Scotland’s planning system – press release
ERCS, Planning Democracy, FoES and RSPB Scotland have submitted a formal complaint to the Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee, tasked with upholding environmental rights, to recommend equal rights of appeal in the planning system ...
Reclaiming contaminated land & unaffordable, unfair access to justice
In the Murieston Valley, Livingston lies a plot of vacant contaminated land which is now a valued local greenspace. Despite significant community concerns, a planning application was approved on appeal. Find out more about their struggle and how "its the financial side that inhibits the small man from doing something" ...
Scottish Government fails to deliver for UN Action Plan deadline on environmental rights – press release
ERCS, FoES and RSPB Scotland have branded a UK and Scottish Government Action Plan to deliver on environmental rights ‘woefully inadequate’. The groups have written to the UN body to express their concern about a lack of concrete commitments to reform the legal system to help people defend the environment ...
ERCS recruiting an Assistant Legal Officer (part-time)
Are you passionate about protecting the environment, and committed to advancing environmental rights? We are recruiting an Assistant Legal Officer to increase access to justice and holding public authorities and polluters to account ...
Ann’s story – The fight for environmental justice
Ann Coleman, has been challenging developments on behalf of communities and the environment for over 25 years. Our Rights Officer interviewed her to learn more about her fight for environmental justice ...
ERCS welcomes exemption of court fees for some Aarhus cases, but much more is needed
The Scottish Government has published its response to their consultation on court fees, along with secondary legislation to implement changes from 1 July. However, more is needed ...
Header image: 'Rainbow joy, Gadloch' by Emma Donaldson.
